Ablate arrhythmia add on at UnityPoint Health - Trinity Muscatine

1518 Mulberry, Muscatine, IA · UnityPoint Health · · NPI 1861444333

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 28, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$9,995.45

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$12,494.31

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$262.24 with Aetna vs $5,122.67 with Medica Exchange Insure — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Aetna Medicare Advantage $262.24 ↓ -97%
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $262.24 ↓ -97%
Ambetter HMO $262.24 ↓ -97%
Health Alliance Medicare Advantage $262.24 ↓ -97%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $267.48 ↓ -97%
Humana Medicare Advantage $275.35 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $275.35 ↓ -97%
Meridian Health Plan Medicare Advantage $275.35 ↓ -97%
BC Illinois Community Blue Choice $550.79 ↓ -94%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO $599.20 ↓ -94%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $599.20 ↓ -94%
BC Illinois Community PPO $655.70 ↓ -93%
Cigna/Midlands Commercial $687.88 ↓ -93%
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $704.90 ↓ -93%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $835.54 ↓ -92%
Aetna HMO $948.93 ↓ -91%
Aetna PPO $1,153.97 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare PPO $1,306.84 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare HMO $1,306.84 ↓ -87%
Medica Exchange Inspire Commercial $4,572.92 ↓ -54%
Medica Exchange Insure Commercial $5,122.67 ↓ -49%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
Iowa Total Care Managed Medicaid not published by hospital

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Ablate arrhythmia add on at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $13,027.80 not published
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque $2,743.65 $1,506.90 – $4,221.00
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines $6,212.05 $166.35 – $9,557.00
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City $2,813.20 $1,107.97 – $4,328.00
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $13,679.40 not published
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo $18,268.70 $262.24 – $12,034.50
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque $1,045.60 $262.24 – $1,202.44
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell $1,045.60 $262.24 – $835.54

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